Portable HDD Not Working

[doog]

help!
My Seagate 1TB Expansion Portable Drive just isn't working. It's receiving power when I plug it in (tried w/ multiple USB ports) and will show up under my devices, but when I click on it in the file explorer shit goes whack and file explorer crashes. I have to plug it in after turning on my laptop because if I try turning on my laptop with it plugged in the laptop doesn't boot.

I can provide videos if needed. Should I try wiping it or something, maybe getting a new cable? I've been stationary while using it (I just use it for games) and haven't dropped it or anything.

 

[Wiz]

I think your best bet would be to wipe it entirely and try from there first. It's likely some kind of software issue if its registering but just breaking everything.

 

[doog]

Here's what it looks like when I go to the overview of my drives.

 

[Gangleider]

sounds like a software rather than hardware issue

u really shouldnt install software on removable drives because things can go wrong when they get unplugged/are missing during bootup, windows still expects the drive to be there
try it on another pc and if it works a format would be the easiest way to fix it

if not there is some deeper underlying problem in ur actual windows setup

 

[doog]

idk what this means but I plugged it into my friends PC and we were able to see all the files and all but then it fucked up, this is what it looked like

 

[Gangleider]

http://www.seagate.com/files/www-co..._shared/downloads/SeaToolsforWindowsSetup.exe

run a smart check/any other checks it supports
if that turns up empty try formatting it

 

[Gangleider]

i also strongly recommend using built-ins over external for anything more than data storage

Laptop Hard Drives, Notebook Hard Drives - Newegg.com (http://www.newegg.com/Laptop-Internal-Hard-Drives/SubCategory/ID-380)
2.5 inch is the format u want for laptops, they aint expensive

 

[doog]

it says i have a bad sector
HeLp

 

[pirate]

once a hard drive starts reporting bad sectors you can format it and it will work for a little bit but it won't be long before it fails again

when a hard drive has gone bad, it's gone bad. seagates are not reliable drives, anyway. my office keeps every failed hard drive in a big pile and seagates constitute the majority of the pile.

 

[doog]

aw damn.
okay i guess i'll throw a new ssd for my laptop in my shopping cart eventually
thanks for the help

 

[pirate]

if i were you i'd pull what i can off of it and retire it, yeah